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Restaurant plans Asian carp menu

MUKWONAGO, Wash., Jan. 19 (UPI) -- A Wisconsin restaurant chef is planning an "invasivore" dinner starring dishes made from invasive Asian carp taken from the Illinois River.

Chef Jimmy Wades of the Heaven City Restaurant in Mukwonago said the Asian carp menu for "invasivores" -- those who enjoy helping the environment by dining on invasive species -- will hit the restaurant in February as part of his Tapas Tuesday series, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.

"Lots of people will try anything once," Wades said.

However, some conservationists warned creating demand for Asian carp could increase the threat to the Great Lakes and other bodies of water by slowing the eradication of the species from U.S. lakes.

"One of the great things about North Americans is when they're dealt lemons, they make lemonade," said Marc Gaden, spokesman for the Great Lakes Fishery Commission. "But very often, they forget that they weren't drinking lemonade in the first place, and don't even like it."

Museum has hair from Lincoln, Elvis

INDEPENDENCE, Mo., Jan. 19 (UPI) -- A Missouri woman who owns and operates a museum dedicated to hair says she has locks from Elvis Presley, two presidents and other historical figures.

Leila Cohoon, a former hairdresser who owns and operates Leila's Hair Museum in Independence, said besides the King of Rock 'n' Roll, her displays also include hair from George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Marilyn Monroe, KSHB-TV, Kansas City, Mo., reported.

The former hairdresser said the collection also includes jewelry and wreaths made from human hair.

"I love every piece I get," she said. "I sit down and study them with a magnifying glass."

Cohoon said she is working on publishing an instructional book on creating hair wreaths.

Beloved New York hawk goes missing

NEW YORK, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- New York birdwatchers said a red-tailed hawk living with its mate in Central Park since 2002 hasn't been seen for a month and is presumed dead.

The hawk enthusiasts said Lola, the mate of Central Park hawk Pale Male, a 20-year fixture of the park, hasn't been seen since Dec. 18. Pale Male appears to have moved on with a new mate, the New York Post reported.

"It's pretty clear that Lola has met her demise, probably from a poisoned prey animal (such as a rat or pigeon) or by injury," hawk expert John Blakeman said. "This is not the season that experienced (female hawks) cavalierly absent themselves from their established territories."

Fans of Pale Male said the hawk has had at least five mates since settling in the park in 1991 and has fathered at least 23 chicks.

Man dead 4 days, wife thought him asleep

VOLGOGRAD, Russia, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Russian authorities said a woman believed her husband to be sleeping for four days before she realized he was dead.

Police in Volgograd said the 57-year-old man died Jan. 14, but his wife believed him to merely be sleeping until she noticed "putrid spots" on his body four days later, RIA Novosti reported.

Investigators said they were working to establish the cause of death.